World Spider Catalog

Genus: Alienus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 | Family: Paratropididae Simon, 1889

Alienus awa (Sherwood, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057460

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Described:

Distribution: Ecuador

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (014602298) - (Sherwood, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023)

Taxonomic References

Anisaspis awa Sherwood, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023: 769, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description

Alienus awa Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 694 (T from Anisaspis)

References

Peñaherrera-R., P., Ríos-Tamayo, D., León-E., R. J., Drolshagen, B. & Sherwood, D. (2025d). On encrusted soil and mud: a preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the mud spider family Paratropididae Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) brings to light new species and genera. Invertebrate Zoology 22(4): 662-717. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.22.4.10 -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2023). Anisaspis awa, new species, and first record of the genus from Ecuador (Araneae: Paratropididae). Arachnology 19(4): 769-771. doi: 10.13156/arac.2023.19.4.769 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2026-01-06	Species transferred to new genus	Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d	Species transferred from Anisaspis Simon, 1892 to Alienus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025
2026-01-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d
2023-03-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023
2023-03-14	New species inserted	Sherwood, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023